| 单词 | hectocotylize |
| 释义 | > as lemmashectoˈcotylize hectoˈcotylize v. (transitive) (a) to convert or modify into a hectocotyle; (b) to impregnate with a hectocotyle. ΚΠ 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. 272 The arm so affected..is said to be ‘hectocotylised’. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 530 The male Cephalopods are distinguished..by the asymmetry of their arms, one or more of which, on one side, are peculiarly modified, or hectocotylised. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 327 This ‘hectocotylised arm’ is not developed, as are the others, by a process of free gemmation, but it is formed in a vesicle, from which it is not let loose till it is mature. < as lemmas |
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